USC Screenwriting MFA - Fall 2019 (1 Viewer)

[WriterK90]

????‍

I heard February 29th. ?

 

[StarChild]

Impossible to say, as it varies by year/applicants. I don't want to bum anyone out too much (and, let me add, it usually is an outlier when it happens!) but, sometimes, there is no second phase at all. In 2016, like 6 people found out on March 4, and no other acceptances were sent out anytime before or after. Just on that weekend. Did that mean USC decided to release them all at once one year? Highly unlikely -- it just meant that, for the people ON THIS FORUM, chance happened to land on them all finding out at once.

As I've stressed many times in the past, we are not a representative at all of the entire applicant pool for any program, USC, screenwriting, or otherwise. Hell, I really wish we were -- it would make the data far more conclusive. But we are just a slim percentage of the actual group, so when things happen, it's hard to determine whether it's truly a pattern, or just simply happenstance.

Now that being said? My personal philosophy is a numbers game. At this point, only two people have checked in with acceptances, and both are international. That's really low, with a mean being more like five people getting accepted from this group (and usually more.) So my gut says there's more to come at some point. Will it be tonight, or next weekend, of April 32nd? Hard to know. But I don't quite think we are all done yet.

Yet.

Thanks!
Yes I plan to find out on the 32nd to keep it real. Better than April 1st!!!

It’d be cool if everyone was on here, but it’d be impossible to keep up. Could you imagine somewhere around 2,000 people in a chat? (That’s a number I’ve heard in years past I didn’t look up actual applicant pool this year).

 

[Chris W]

Could you imagine somewhere around 2,000 people in a chat? (That’s a number I’ve heard in years past I didn’t look up actual applicant pool this year).

But seriously that'd be awesome though. Need to spread the word.

 

[dorkydiana]

spike lee just won best adapted screenplay and i got so emotional at least one good thing happened this weekend ?

 

[amlena]

Congrats to those who got and will get in.

Can't wait to meet you all in August. I'll be the one probably telling you all to go to Disneyland.

P.S.: Feel free to ask me about teachers when that time comes.

I'm here just to let you know that I first read this message while I was at Disneyland this afternoon. ?

And now I'm going to resume fangirling over the purity of Guillermo del Toro presenting to Alfonso Cuarón to distract myself from my very empty youSC portal.

 

[Septopus7]

And now I'm going to resume fangirling over the purity of Guillermo del Toro presenting to Alfonso Cuarón to distract myself from my very empty youSC portal.

Same. And I'll also try to think about mediocre treacle like Green Book winning Best Picture as a reminder that, hey, maybe I don't want to be in this industry after all!

(That's, um, sarcasm. Mostly.)

 

[dorkydiana]

Same. And I'll also try to think about mediocre treacle like Green Book winning Best Picture as a reminder that, hey, maybe I don't want to be in this industry after all!

(That's, um, sarcasm. Mostly.)

nah it was complete and utter garbage and i think everyone in the world watching simultaneously groaned when julia roberts said green book

 

[amlena]

My favorite part was all of the angry tweets after Charlie Wessler invoked the power of Carrie Fisher.

 

[dorkydiana]

there is no way only two of us hear back lol wut something is off this year

 

[Mdub_2013]

Ironically my friend found out she got into UT Austin Screenwriting MFA during the Oscars. I thought that was sweet of them to release it during the show.

 

[EM88]

Hi All. I’m new to the forum. Joined the other day to ask about the Austin programs. This morning around 7 am EST I couldn’t get into my portal. This lasted about 40 minutes. When I got in, I was able to view my acceptance letter. Can’t believe it! Good luck to everyone on here - I have a feeling more are coming!

 

[Zach0323]

Hi All. I’m new to the forum. Joined the other day to ask about the Austin programs. This morning around 7 am EST I couldn’t get into my portal. This lasted about 40 minutes. When I got in, I was able to view my acceptance letter. Can’t believe it! Good luck to everyone on here - I have a feeling more are coming!

Congratulations! Sorry for not understanding, but did you get accepted to UT Austin or USC?

 

[WriterK90]

Yes Austin or USC? If Austin, can you post in the Austin thread? A lot of people are awaiting news!

 

[EM88]

Yes Austin or USC? If Austin, can you post in the austin thread? A lot of people are awaiting news!

Sorry! USC!

 

[WriterK90]

Sorry! USC!

Congrats!!! You should add your applications to the site!

 

[addik]

Hi All. I’m new to the forum. Joined the other day to ask about the Austin programs. This morning around 7 am EST I couldn’t get into my portal. This lasted about 40 minutes. When I got in, I was able to view my acceptance letter. Can’t believe it! Good luck to everyone on here - I have a feeling more are coming!

Congrats on making it in! Hoping for the best!

Did you get an email about checking the youSC portal, or did it come a bit later after you checked it out?

 

[Cd23]

Hi All. I’m new to the forum. Joined the other day to ask about the Austin programs. This morning around 7 am EST I couldn’t get into my portal. This lasted about 40 minutes. When I got in, I was able to view my acceptance letter. Can’t believe it! Good luck to everyone on here - I have a feeling more are coming!

Congrats! To be more specific, what time zone are you in? EST?

 

[mersault]

I'm MET. Mail arrived at around 10 am.

 

[EM88]

Congrats! To be more specific, what time zone are you in? EST?

Thank you all! Yes, EST. Also, @addik, I still haven’t gotten an email. I just checked the portal (around 7:40 am EST- though I wasn’t able to get in for about 40 minutes). And yes! I will add my apps later today.

 

[Cd23]

So these new acceptances just renewed all my anxiety lol